About me

I was born in Utica, NY on March 7th, 1983, and lived in central New York until the beginning of 2007. In Jan. 2007, I moved to Jacksonville, FL, and lived in the northeast Florida and southeast Georgia areas until 2017. In April 2017, I moved to the Waterville, Maine area until now.  As of April 2022, I am currently employed in the Admissions office at Colby College, located in Waterville, ME.   

Graduated high school from Whitesboro High School.

Graduated with an Associate's degree in Liberal Arts from Mohawk Valley Community College.

Graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Ashford University.

Influences: 

Anne Rice: My favorites novels being Memnoch the Devil, Blood & Gold, and Merrick.

Jeff Lindsay: The entire Dexter series; my favorite is his first novel, Darkly Dreaming Dexter.

Edgar Allen Poe: Short stories such as The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Raven.

Non-fiction: I am also influenced by philosophy, and various religions. My favorites being the Quran, books on Buddhism, the works from philosophers, psychologists & mystics such as Plato, Socrates, Aquinas,  Piaget, Vygotsk and Sadhguru.

My work:

Until We Die: Novel that was published via Infinity Publishing in 2011. For more info, click HERE.

Self-imposed Exile: Collection of poems that were compiled and self-published in 2014. For more info, click HERE.

I started playing music in middle school and continued into a vary of bands until 2006. I played bass guitar for a couple different bands throughout the years; 3rd Angel, Defaced & Life Syphon. For my senior project in high school, I also recorded a demo where I played bass guitar and drums. In 2007, I took up playing the acoustic guitar and recorded a 4 song demo where I played the guitar and sang on the tracks. 

My photography mainly consist of landscapes and nature. I am an avid hiking and kayaking, and love to take photos of my adventures. Most of my photos consist of mountain summit views, lake/river scenes or wildlife. If you would like to view some of my work, you can visit my Instagram page HERE.